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Ooredoo described the clearance as an important milestone in the phased implementation of the transaction."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Completion remains subject to the remaining closing conditions set out in the transaction documents and to all relevant internal and regulatory approvals. The groups said they will continue working with the authorities to complete required procedures and disclosures."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The financial impact cannot be determined at this stage, according to the disclosure."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"According to an Ooredoo Q.P.S.C. disclosure filed with the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange dated 23 September 2026."}],"seo":{"seo_title":"Ooredoo and Zain win Kuwait competition approval for tower joint venture","meta_description":"Ooredoo Group and Zain Group have received Kuwait Competition Protection Authority approval for the economic concentration linked to their equally owned tower platform, Ooredoo said from Doha.","og_title":"Ooredoo and Zain win Kuwait competition approval for tower joint venture","og_description":"Ooredoo Group and Zain Group have received Kuwait Competition Protection Authority approval for the economic concentration linked to their equally owned tower platform, Ooredoo said from Doha.","social_image":{"id":"a2d6ad36-6c85-43e5-895f-11226fbb76d1","type":"media","url":"https:\/\/capital-wire.com\/storage\/media\/35ab045cc37f5563d5a70fc066d3e7e3bd60e5a9e83f241771a76e0be9b73fbe.webp","mime":"image\/webp","srcset":null,"width":560,"height":315,"alt":"Ooredoo Kuwait competition authority approval for tower JV with Zain \u2014 ADX CDN 5524091","caption":null,"credit":"ADX disclosure \/ Ooredoo","license":"operator-supplied","ai_generated":false}},"secondary_category":null,"topics":[{"id":"1","type":"topic","key":"adx","name":"ADX","slug":"adx","summary":"Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange listings, filings, index moves, and market-structure developments.","seo_title":"ADX Market News | Capital Wire","meta_description":"Coverage of Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange listings, corporate filings, index moves, and ADX market-structure news for investors."}],"tags":[],"gallery":[],"charts":[],"byline":{"mode":"desk","schema_type":"Organization","name":"Capital Wire","author":null},"citations":[{"id":"a2d6a803-6953-4694-99eb-1285d1783cc1","url":"https:\/\/apigateway.adx.ae\/adx\/cdn\/1.0\/content\/download\/5524091","publisher":"ADX Disclosures","title":"ADX \u2014 Ooredoo Kuwait competition approval tower JV","source_published_at":null,"claim":null}],"sources":[{"url":"https:\/\/apigateway.adx.ae\/adx\/cdn\/1.0\/content\/download\/5524091","source_id":"a2d6a050-b97e-493b-b596-2ddcabbad320","label":"ADX \u2014 Ooredoo Kuwait competition approval tower JV","publisher":"ADX Disclosures"}],"corrections":[],"translations":[{"language":"ar","slug":"ords-kuwait-approval-zain-tower-jv-23-sep-2026","published_at":"2026-09-23T23:00:00+00:00","is_current":false},{"language":"en","slug":"ords-kuwait-approval-zain-tower-jv-23-sep-2026","published_at":"2026-09-23T23:00:00+00:00","is_current":true}],"schema_type":"NewsArticle"},"meta":{"request_id":"fe761ff9-deb0-4571-a3e5-f2fe904e5651","locale":"en"},"errors":[]}